(1) The board may invest all or any part of fund moneys in the name of the board's treasurer or in the name of a custodian or custodians appointed by the board under this section in interest-bearing obligations of the United States, in interest-bearing bonds of this state, in general obligation bonds of municipalities, whether organized under general law or article XX of the state constitution, or in any depository stated in section 24-75-603, C.R.S., and secured as provided in articles 10.5 and 47 of title 11, C.R.S. By written resolution, the board may appoint one or more persons to act as a custodian or custodians, in addition to the treasurer, to deposit or cause to be deposited all or part of the fund in any state or national bank or any state or federally chartered savings and loan association in this state. The appointed persons shall give surety bonds, and the board shall determine the bonds' amounts, form, and purposes. These securities and evidences of investment shall be deposited with the treasurer of the municipality or district.
Upon the board's direction, the treasurer of a municipality or district may invest partof the fund available for investment, with or without one or more other volunteer firefighter pension funds, in a noninsured trust pension plan with a bank or trust company authorized to exercise trust powers in this state as a trustee. The trustee's investment of fund moneys is governed by article 1.1 of title 15, C.R.S.
Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the board may invest all or any part offund moneys in the name of the board's treasurer or in the name of a custodian or custodians appointed by the board under this section in one or more of the following:
Any public-private initiative with the department of transportation, as defined in section 43-1-1201 (3), C.R.S.;
Bonds issued for turnpikes in accordance with part 2 of article 3 of title 43, C.R.S.; or(c) Repealed.
(d) Any other public-private initiative program for transportation system projects in Colorado authorized by law.
(4) The board may give preference to the investments described in subsection (3) of this section if such investments are consistent with sound investment policy.
Source: L. 95: Entire part added, p. 1370, § 2, effective June 5. L. 98: (3) and (4) added, p. 445, § 6, effective August 5. L. 2000: (2) amended, p. 256, § 1, effective March 30. L. 2005: (3)(c) repealed, p. 289, § 39, effective August 8. L. 2010: (2) amended, (SB 10-021), ch. 17, p. 80, § 3, effective August 11.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1998 act adding subsections (3) and (4), see section 1 of chapter 154, Session Laws of Colorado 1998.